Climate protests shut down five London bridges

The group have occupied five bridges across the English capital — Westminster, Lambeth, Waterloo, Blackfriars and Southwark Bridge — on what they call “Rebellion Day” to protest against the British government’s “criminal inaction” on climate change.

“Extinction Rebellion demands that the UK government immediately tells the truth and declares a climate and ecological emergency, that it reverses inconsistent policies and reduces to net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2025, and creates a citizen’s assembly to oversee these changes,” the group said on Saturday.